Table 2.
Descriptive status of co-morbidities and association with geriatric depression, 2021
| Variables | All participants, n 430 | Non-depressed, n 181 | Depressed, n 249 | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | |||||||
| No | 292 | 67·9 | 138 | 47·3 | 154 | 52·7 | <0·01* |
| Yes | 138 | 32·1 | 43 | 31·2 | 95 | 68·8 | |
| Blood pressure | |||||||
| Normal | 229 | 53·3 | 112 | 48·9 | 117 | 51·1 | 0·01* |
| Hypotension | 86 | 20·0 | 27 | 31·4 | 59 | 68·6 | |
| Hypertension | 115 | 26·7 | 42 | 36·5 | 73 | 63·5 | |
| Skin disease | |||||||
| No | 308 | 71·6 | 139 | 45·1 | 169 | 54·9 | 0·04* |
| Yes | 122 | 28·4 | 42 | 34·4 | 80 | 65·5 | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |||||||
| No | 359 | 83·5 | 148 | 41·2 | 211 | 58·8 | 0·41 |
| Yes | 71 | 16·5 | 33 | 46·5 | 38 | 53·5 | |
| Nutritional status | |||||||
| Malnourished | 109 | 25·3 | 34 | 31·2 | 75 | 68·8 | <0·01* |
| Risk of malnutrition | 124 | 28·8 | 50 | 40·3 | 74 | 59·7 | |
| Normal | 197 | 45·8 | 97 | 49·2 | 100 | 50·8 | |
*
Statistically significant.